ONE DAY PORTRAITS / at OSA
2025: Sept 5, 9:30am to 4pm
We will be working with lighting, sketching and photographing a live model
Plan to be playful…
There is always flexibility to move
whatever direction your art
(or heart) takes you.
CLASS DESCRIPTION
Join us for an immersive one-day workshop focused on capturing the essence of a live model using expressive watermedia techniques. This workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of painting the human face with confidence, spontaneity and sensitivity. Through live demonstration, guided instruction and individual feedback you’ll explore:
— Working from life with dynamic observation and brushwork
— Key principles of facial structure and proportion
— Painting over a textured substrate
— Layering and blending in transparent watercolor
— Color mixing for expressive skin and hair tones
— Techniques for achieving likeness and personality
— Techniques for achieving likeness and personality
All levels are welcome. Come ready to loosen up, experiment, and bring your portraits to life!
Want to learn more about Rene’s art process?
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THE RECKONING
It is the light and shadow that add drama to this portrait. Sometimes you just get lucky! When you see it, snap a photograph. The result can be powerful.
WHAT PEOPLE LIKE ABOUT RENE’S PORTRAIT WORKSHOPS
- Helped me move forward in skills
- Drawing lessons & deepening understanding of values
- Learning, and friendship
- Rene’s ability to examine individual paintings and provide specific feedback to students. Her demonstrations directly on student work were especially informative.
- Everything was excellent. Besides instruction, a great group
- The teacher and her instruction… She is delightful
- Playing, seeing different mediums used on the paper
- René’s expertise and generous sharing
- Being with other artists and learning so much
- Learned some different techniques for portrait painting